In spite of the presence of committed young leaders in the Congress, the party’s overall image is that of a jaded force. It may be rooted in Gujarat, but it lost its credibility after defections […]
Learning to live without a partner of 63 long years On October 31, I lost my friend and companion of 63 years, my dear wife Melba. She was a gentle, unassuming woman with no craving […]
“Bharat Jodo Yatra is a timely initiative to bring Indians together. It does not matter who took the lead, but it is the right thing to do. India is a great nation and will remain […]
There is nothing in Rishi Sunak’s elevation to celebrate for Indians “The takeaway from the hullabaloo over the elevation of a beef-eating-yet-cow-worshipping opportunist as the new PM of Britain is that there is nothing to […]
“There are contradictory views on what is “objectionable and hateful content”. In times of diminishing tolerance, anything “anti-establishment” quickly gets labelled as “objectionable”, “hate” or even at times “anti-national” content. The authorities do not refrain […]
The war can either go towards negotiated peace or a nuclear conflict “Russia has lost support and sympathy across Europe. But, it is a country with scientific skills and immense natural resources. It is also […]
The US, which claims to be the prime target of global terrorism and has 67 ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ covered under its laws, has no provision like ours to ban domestic seditious organizations. Like India after […]
The rise in Russia’s industrial output in recent months has foxed western analysts. As long as the conflict continues, Russia can continue to sell its massive gas reserves — on which there are no sanctions […]
Since PLA’s multiple intrusions in May 2020, India chose diplomacy to achieve restoration of status quo ante in eastern Ladakh. Disengagement from all friction points except Depsang and Demchok has succeeded in creating buffer zones […]
“Not every policy is well thought out. Many policies may be well intentioned but will fail. The PM’s demonetization decision, for instance, was a great disaster. But no politician or bureaucrat was taken to task […]
“For Dr. Radhakrishnan everything: psychology, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, education, politics, economics, science, and religion converges and culminates in spirit. He was a philosopher by temperament, teacher by vocation, a statesman by choice, an administrator by […]
The inroads made by the paramilitary and the Home Ministry into Opposition states in this new adversarial avatar only consolidates the ingress of the Centre into the law-and-order management in such states. It helps the […]
The author is worried about the vast masses of India facing unemployment, poverty, starvation, and communal divisions that threaten to destroy the nation built with sacrifices of thousands over centuries.- EDITOR What the Indians are […]
India needs grassroots, representative politics, not identity politics Even the Hindi heartland would dump Hindutva if a credible alternative offers hope and change. “Even when political Hinduism is pitted against political Islam — as in […]
“There has been rise in food and fuel prices, as well as supply chain issues, as the mountains of grain stocks remained stuck in silos. It shows the enormous cost of allowing the conflict to […]
Dormant for too long, civil society must learn to protect its exemplars “India is moving from majoritarianism to authoritarianism. Its indifference to margins, informal economics, minorities is increasing. Authoritarian socialites and other forms of communication, […]
‘The current phase is bizarre when compared to the past because dominant parties appear to be actively encouraging splits and shifts and having no respect for the basic rules of the game’ Political parties sometimes […]
The BJP’s clarion call for a dynasty-free Bharat reflects its desire for a meaningful opposition-free Bharat In the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s political strategy, opposition to dynastic politics has gradually moved from the periphery to […]
US Supreme Court demonstrates feudal retrogression As I See It “The constriction of liberty has disastrous consequences for women who wish not to deliver an unwanted child due to therapeutic reasons or because the fetus […]
“The Agnipath scheme — envisaged as a short-term contractual recruitment model for the Army, Navy and Air Force — is billed as the next big thing in reforms but its announcement singed and burnt large […]
“To win him over, we must emphasize Modi’s personal importance in the country, and in the world, and how important it is for him to change tack and lead a united country instead of an […]
“Americans and Indians often see the same problem in very different ways. India, for example, does not see Russia’s attack on Ukraine as a threat to world order. While Americans have been disturbed by India’s […]
What stands remote and far-reaching is that the West does appear to have sown seeds of a major European conflict owing to its inability to create an ambience of mutual trust, faith and confidence with […]
“During some of the coldest days of the Cold War, U.S. presidents like Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan sought to find common ground on which to stand with Russia to avoid conflict. Ike […]
The Buffalo killings are part of a pattern: Most extremist violence in the U.S. comes from the political right. “It’s important to emphasize that not all extremist violence comes from the right — and that […]
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